Mike Clark's Daily Blog
Decisions #5
Paco was robbed on his way to work and one of the Vencedore's boys broke his arm so Saturday began with a bang. Dottie bought an Eucalyptus tree & planted it in front of Estrelitas in honor of Jorge. At 5:30am we were given a new boy…
Decsisions #4
Dottie took the Lake Charles women to breakfast and then I had some medical tests to take. The Woodlands, Texas group with John arrived. The rains continue. Value the Word of God! That is your highest duty. From the esteeming of God's Word we are then able to…
Decisions 3
Glenda is working with the local government & is doing a great job. Today we did something I promised I would never do. I had to turn away five children. I was looking for beds for them when the court called & said they would send them…
Decisions #2
We bought 50 more mattresses and are having 25 bunk beds made as we continue to grow. I had my medical appointment and things are progressing well. We went to immigration again and Dottie's passport is still not ready. The teams have worked in Dottie's kitchen, Michelle's bathroom,…
Decisions 1a
Sindy II began bleeding in her catheter and is back in the hospital. I bought 50 mattresses today as we are expanding the number of beds. God has made all men equal in that he has given every man the freedom of choice. A comedian…
Monday
This was a wild day. First, at 4:15am we took one of the ladies from Lake Charles to the airport as her mother-in-law had a stroke. She was blessed to be able to get a seat on the flight to Houston. However, the weather rolled in & the…
Sunday
I was able to preach an entire sermon without having to sit so I am improving. Some of the kids took an offering on their own to help in dialysis. I am proud of them.
Sindy II
Aroldo told me that Sindy who arrived yesterday was sexually abused by her father and the last words the mother spoke to her were "you are useless. I hope you die". Can you imagine a child having to suffer such horror? There is a team from Glad Tidings…
1 + 1 = 1 (#6)
Sindy II arrived today to begin dialysis and I was called today about another 11 year old, Ofalia, who also needs dialysis. The madison, Al team is building a storage room for Dottie so we can open up the second part of the dialysis addition for more dialysis…
1 + 1 = 1 (#5)
Karen had her catheter removed today & will return Saturday. Sindy #2 is coming on Friday morning. So our dialysis family continues to grow. If you want us when we are in the states here is where we will be. Sept 7th in Patterson La with that night…
1 + 1 = 1 (#4)
Kersey's cosmetology school came with a bus load of students and they did hair and nails for every child on campus. Oscar had his thesis approved so he has finished college and will graduate in August. Gladys & Josue are looking after Jim's dorm while they are…
1 + 1 = 1(#3)
All of the dialysis children had their cardiological exams & Wendy has grown more serious. Her heart continues to enlarge. We were blessed to get two more children today. Spirit, Soul and Body make up man and make a marriage successful. We have spoken about the body…
1 + 1 = 1 (#2)
Today was the worst day that I have had since surgery. However it is not pain. It is just an absolute lack of strength. I am exhausted & cannot tell why. The pain is lessening each day. As we began yesterday I shared that God has made…
1 + 1 = 1
Pastor Andy from The Woodlands Methodist church in the Woodlands, Texas shared with the children this morning. Josue and I worked on his thesis presentation which should be presented to his faculty this week. The family as God intended for it to be has fallen by the…
Sat
I am sorry to not be able to write a lesson. Today was a very rough day. We had visitors with Jessica and her pastor from The Woodlands. A team arrived from Mobile. I made another 10 radio shows so I am just very tired. I appreciate your…
Teachable
We worked on Josue's thesis for the university and he is nearing his second degree. Then I made radio shows but it took Tony and Mynor to be able to download them. David was a man after God's heart and one of the obvious truths of David's…
Honey #5
The medical team finished today and they saw hundreds of patients. It appears that we will have a long term relationship with them. Monday they saw 402 patients; Tuesday 416; Wednesday 253 & Thursday 253. That is a total of 1324 patients. Have you burned out?…
Honey #4
PROGRAF!!! Now that Karen is here following her kidney transplant we will have to purchase PROGRAF (1 mg) which is a medication that fights the rejection of the new kidney. Any pharmacist who can help us get this at a lower rate would be a God-send to…
Honey #3
There are 30 EMPTY suitcases in Fayetteville, Ark and we need for them to get to Debbie in Lake Charles, La. If there is anyone who can do tho for us it will help us get items for the children to Guatemala with the summer teams. …
Honey 2
The medical teams are looking at EVERY child on the property. Even before they began this morning there were 3 new children sent to us. Each of our ladies will be responsible for lunch each day for the 31 medical folks (Americans). There are also another 50…